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Te Wiki o te Reo Maori, Te Karere (TVNZ) and Māori Television promote te reo and offer Māori perspectives on many issues. Explore the history of the language and resources used to learn and revive te reo in schools and society. SCIS no. 1809079

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10th-anniversary birthday cake for Kōkiri Pukeatua kōhanga

10th-anniversary birthday cake for Kōkiri Pukeatua kōhanga

Wainuiomata kōhanga reo.

2019 Te Reo Maori resources

Resources to print and distribute for 2019 Wiki o te Reo Maori.

Māori Language week

This resource page offers ideas, links, and stories to help schools engage with their parents, families, and whānau to support the learning of te reo Māori in both the school and home environment.

Te reo Māori on RNZ

Listen to Māori greetings, phrases and other korero used on RNZ and read the English translations.

Te reo Māori – the Māori language

History of the Māori language in New Zealand.

Te reo Māori petition, 1972

In this 1972 news footage, a petition asking for te reo Māori (the Māori language) to be taught in schools is presented to Parliament. David Broughton (later Rawiri Paratene), co-ordinator of the M...

Te Wiki o te reo Māori display

Te Wiki o te reo Māori display

Māori Language Week display, Fendalton Library, 29 July 2015. Photo by Moata Tamaira File reference: 2015-07-30-IMG_7450 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.

Teaching te reo Māori

Teaching te reo Māori

Hoani Waititi teaching te reo, possibly at Queen Victoria School for Maori Girls in Auckland.

Te reo Māori in Parliament

For most of the 20th century MPs speaking Māori in Parliament were required to immediately translate their own words. From 1990 they could speak Māori without translating, and later full-time trans...

Te reo

Te reo Māori promotion in a Christchurch library.

Tamaki Makaurau Transport backing te reo Māori

Article about Auckland Transport supporting Te reo Māori during Māori Language Week.

Te reo Māori with Evelyn Tobin

Te reo Māori with Evelyn Tobin

Morning Report's Simon Mercep gets a one-on-one lesson in te reo Maori with Evelyn Tobin of Ngati Manu, a Bay of Islands tribe. They look at the phrase: Ko wai to ingoa? - What's your name? And Sim...

Parliament's te reo Māori translator

Parliament's te reo Māori translator

Image of Wiremu Haunui translating te reo Māori spoken in Parliament, into English.

Koran translated into te reo Māori

Koran translated into te reo Māori

A copy of the first Koran to be translated into Te Reo Maori has been presented to the Maori King by the Spiritual Leader of a persecuted Muslim sect.

Te reo Māori theatre

Te reo Māori theatre

The poster for Taiporotu Tamehana Huata's Māori-language play Tu rangatahi, tu tangata shows its cast, Terrence Griffiths, Sam Murphy, Toni Huata and Les Hoerara. The play tells the story of a youn...

Te reo Māori in court

After the passage of the Māori Language Act 1987, Māori interpreters were provided in court in certain circumstances. In this clip, interpreters are shown practising using te reo Māori in court, an...

Why should we learn te reo Māori?

Professor Stephen May considers why there is still a deeply entrenched negativity towards te reo Māori, and bilingualism in general, even after 30 years of Māori language revitalisation.

Hinewehi Mohi's decision to sing 'God defend New Zealand' in Māori before a rugby test match in England in 1999 led to fervent debate and, ultimately, a new tradition. From that time, it became cus...

God save the Queen' in te reo Māori

Edward Marsh Williams, the eldest son of Henry Williams, translated the national anthem, 'God save the Queen', into Māori in 1860. Edward Williams had helped his father in the original translation ...

Poi E

The Poi E music video from 1984.

Pokarekare Ana - A Māori love song

Pokarekare Ana - A Māori love song

This 2002 documentary explores the stories behind one of Aotearoa’s most beloved songs: ‘Pokarekare Ana’. Claims for the authorship of the waiata aroha are examined, and Kiwis famous and lesser kno...

Māori place names map

Māori place names map

Map showing the Māori names for places in New Zealand.

Karakia to empower a weapon

Image of Ngāti Whātua chief holding a taiaha while elders chant a karakia.

Reciting a karakia

Piri Poutapu, tohunga and master carver of the Waikato people, recites a karakia upon selecting a tree to build a waka.

Petition to introduce te reo Māori in schools, 1972

Petition to introduce te reo Māori in schools, 1972

Photograph of the 1972 Māori Language Petition.

Te Ao Maori

In celebration of Te Wiki o te Reo Maori - Maori Language Week, images of from the Maori world. Community content sourced from APNK-hosted Kete around New Zealand. http://www.aotearoapeoplesnetwo...

Māori TV should cut te reo Māori

A member of the Maori Television Board who has quit suggests the channel should consider cutting its Te Reo content.

Māori television to screen far more te reo Māori

Maori Television is significantly boosting its te reo Maori programming.

What Now? - Te reo Episode

What Now? - Te reo Episode

This episode of the kids' TV institution celebrates te reo — one of Aotearoa's three official languages — for Māori Language Week. The July 2011 show opens at its Christchurch studio with a haka fr...

Artist Lonnie Hutchinson speaks on the use of te reo Māori in her work

Artist Lonnie Hutchinson speaks on the use of te reo Māori in her work

For Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori / Māori Language Week 2015, Te Puna o Waiwhetu Christchurch Art Gallery invites 5 Māori artists to talk about the use of te reo in their work.

Te Karere

Te Karere is a long-running daily news programme in te reo Māori. Based in the TVNZ newsroom, Te Karere covers key events and stories in the Māori world as well as bringing a Māori perspective to t...

Kai time on the road (Series 10, Episode 26)

Kai time on the road (Series 10, Episode 26)

Roving Maori chef Pete Peeti finds himself on Rakiura/Stewart Island in this instalment of his long-running te reo based cooking series. The area has kai moana in abundance, but Peeti is interested...

Gareth Morgan on Māori language week 2016

"If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart."

From Ireland to Aotearoa: Te reo PhD student visits for the first time

Irish woman Aoife Finn has gained her Masters and is now working on her PhD in te reo Māori.

The benefits of learning te reo Māori.

Te reo Māori has a special place in the New Zealand curriculum.

Māui and the sun - Ko Maui me te Ra

The story of Māui and the Sun in te reo Māori. Includes English subtitles.

Hapu leader says te reo a dying language

A Māoriacademic and Northland hapu leader says te reo Māori is a dying language.

Greetings in Māori.

Introduction to Formal and Informal greetings in Māori.

Māori language week parade in Wellington

Thousands turned out to parade for the beginning of Te Wiki o te reo Māori.

Te Whanake-Māori Language online

A wide range of resources are provided here, to complement the Te Whanake textbook to support Māori language learning.

Māori dictionary

This dictionary allows searches from Māori - English or English - Māori and includes a variety of other useful entries.

Te Karere o Nui Tireni

Te Karere o Nui Tireni (The New Zealand Messenger) was published from January 1842 to January 1846. This was the first Māori-language newspaper. The paper ceased being published when war broke out ...

He Kohinga Rauemi ā - Ipurangi

This is an index of all Ministry of Education te reo Māori resources.

Ma is white- Māori colour song

Ma is White' is a popular waiata that teaches children the basic colours in te reo Māori.

Maimoatia - Pūkana & Whānau

Song acknowledging and celebrating te reo Māori.

Crown 'failed kohanga reo'

The Government has been found to have breached the Treaty of Waitangi by failing to support Māori language early childhood centres.

http://www.wicked.org.nz/Kokona-Māori

WickED’s resources for ages 7-12, includes Māori interactives - Kokona Māori.

Paul Moon: Te reo Māori should learn from English

Holding Māori language week in the chill of winter somehow makes the challenges that Te Reo face seem that much bleaker.

Ngata dictionary

Provides definitions for Māori and English words and explains usage.

New song released for Māori Language Week

The release of the Māori Language Week single, Maimoatia.

Māori language net

A self-help site with online, te reo video lessons.

Māori Television

A selection of language learning resources from Māori Television.

International Children’s Digital Library

A range of children’s e-books in te reo Māori.

A gallery of items related to te reo Māori.

A gallery of items related to te reo Māori.

Te reo Māori petition 40th anniversary

Te reo Māori petition 40th anniversary

On 14 September 1972 the Māori activist group, Ngā Tamatoa delivered a petition to Parliament which was signed by over 30,000 people. The petition requested that the government should offer Te reo ...

Peter Sharples

This is a caricature of former Māori Party co-leader, Peter Sharples. As one of the founder members of the Māori Party, Sharples has been a staunch advocate of te reo Māori. He played a major role ...

Te Ao Hou

Te Ao Hou was the first bilingual Māori magazine published from 1952 to 1975 by the Department of Māori Affairs. The magazine covered a variety of interesting and informative topics relevant to Māo...

A visual gallery of Iwi, hapū, te reo Māori (the Māori language), tikanga Māori (Māori law and principles), whakapapa (genealogy), and more.

Māori Haka

The haka is a vital part of Māori culture and tradition. It is a dance which can involve rhythmic body movements, violent foot-stamping facial gestures and loud chants in te reo Māori. There are di...

Our New Zealand friends

Our New Zealand friends

The hongi is a traditional Māori greeting which involves two people pressing their noses and foreheads together. This tradition is believed to represent the Māori legend in which the God Tāne (male...

Features bilingual content, with articles in both English and te reo Māori.

Te Reo Irirangi o Te Upoko o Te Ika

Listen to sound recordings are from an archive of te reo Māori radio programmes mostly broadcast between 1983 and 1994.

Many Answers

Many Answers has reviewed links to websites and database on te reo Māori.

Te reo Māori statistics

New Zealand statistics about the speaking and learning of te reo Māori.

Tangaroa Whakamautai

This soulful invocation, sung in te reo, to Tangaroa — Māori god of the sea — comes from singer-songwriter Maisey Rika’s third album.

He Reo Tupu, He Reo Ora

This site includes an introduction to te reo and provides learning materials for teachers.

The importance of correctly pronouncing Māori words

A year 11 student at Kāpiti College speaks about why we need to learn to pronounce Māori correctly.

The Kōrero Māori website has been developed by the Māori Language Commission – in order to raise awareness about the Māori language.

Māori Tube- find all the best videos to celebrate anything Māori from around the world.

A Māori language word of the day service to help you with your vocabulary and grammar, every day!

Māori music making its mark

A surge of Māori artists are making their mark in the music world.

Māori television

Māori news, culture, society, kapahaka, kai, documentary including a link to learning te reo Māori.

Kīwaha – Give it a go!

Kīwaha/Give it a go …a chance to learn a few super simple sayings in te reo Maori that you can use in your everyday conversations.

My te reo Māori journey

Guyon Espiner shares his journey and challenge of learning te reo Māori.

He Kupu, He Pepeha, He Whakatauki

Māori proverbs and sayings.

Proverbs – Ngā Whakataukī, Ngā Whakatauākī

Common whakatauki (proverbs) and their meanings.

Find more information on this topic on EPIC. Databases recommended: New Zealand Geographic. Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre Plus, and New Zealand History Collection. School login maybe requi...

Lost in translation

For native English speakers, Māori offers a very different way of looking at and arranging the world. Find this article in New Zealand Geographic, available through EPIC. School login maybe requir...

Hub resources with te reo Māori

A selection of resources that have been translated into te reo Māori, and several resources that feature both te reo Māori and English.

Te reo Māori pukapuka mahi - Te reo Māori activity book

Celebrate Māori language by learning Māori words and phrases through simple activities that kids love – word searches, colouring pages, crosswords, and stories.

A declaration. A Treaty. A petition – access information and resources in te reo Māori and English.

Official Māori place names

The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (NZGB) has made 824 Māori place names official.

A documentary series in te reo Māori taking an in-depth look at the origins of the Māori people.

This website is here to help all New Zealanders introduce themselves in Te Reo Māori, through Pepeha.

Google translates pics of te reo Māori

Google Translate translates te reo Māori into more than 100 different languages.

Stan Walker – Aotearoa

A waiata launched at 'Te Wiki o te Reo Māori on July 21, 2014 in Porirua featuring Stan Walker, Ria Hall, Troy Kingi, and Maisey Rika.

The app Kupu allows you to take a photo of an object and provide a Māori translation for it.

Storybook app: Turikatuku — Te wahine taki wairua

Turikatuku’s story is told in te reo Māori and English, with voice-overs in both languages read by 2 of her descendants.

Te reo Māori season

Each year, Taki Rua produce te reo Māori children's theatre for schools around Aotearoa - a project we call Te Reo Māori Season.

The app Kupu allows you to take a photo of an object and provide a Māori translation for it.

Kākano. Junior Journal: Year 3 No.50: 2015.

A poem based on a kākano (seed). This includes te reo Māori words and phrases to support the context, illustration and sentence structure.

Māori Niupepa Collection — New Zealand Digital Library website

A collection of newspapers published for Māori readers from 1842-1932. Can be accessed in te reo Māori and English.

Te Kura Tuatahi: New Zealand’s First School. School Jounal: Year 8 L4: 2016.

This is a story about the first schools in Aotearoa and missionary Thomas Kendell’s first Māori lessons.

Rhiannon answers in te reo Māori about her life and career.

Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori - Māori Language Week

100 Māori words every New Zealander should know.

Kauwhata Reo is a new search website to help teachers and students access te reo Māori resources.

Hub resources in te reo Māori

From freshwater fish to astronomy, the Science Learning Hub has resources translated into te reo Māori.

Traditional Māori Culture and Customs

Traditional Māori Culture and Customs

The Māori world is rich in tikanga. Find out about the types of weaving, whakapapa, and whakairo, patterns (kowhaiwhai), moko, cooking a hāngī, waiata, dances (peruperu), legends and the protocol f...

Kā Huru Manu, the Ngāi Tahu Cultural Mapping Project, maps the traditional Māori place names and associated stories within the Ngāi Tahu rohe (tribal area) of Te Waipounamu.

Te Reo Māori is an online assessment that enables students to demonstrate their knowledge of te reo Māori vocabulary. The assessment is for English-medium schools.